Persuasion

Persuasion

7.2IMDb Score
Released:1995-05-01
Duration:107 min
Director:Roger Michell
Actors:Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave, Fiona Shaw
Production:BBC Film, Millésime Productions, GBH, France 2

Overview:

In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening to their hearts.

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